QUIZ – 2017: Insights Current Affairs Quiz, 14 April 2018

The following quiz will have 5-10 MCQs . The questions are mainly framed from The Hindu and PIB news articles.

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INSIGHTS CURRENT EVENTS QUIZ 2017

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1. Question

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At present, the Supreme Court consists of thirty-one judges. What is the procedure to increase the number of judges?

a) Collegium recommendation

b) Executive action

c) Parliamentary legislation

d) Constitutional amendment

Correct

Solution: c.

In February 2009, the centre notified an increase in the number of Supreme Court judges from twenty-six to thirty-one, including the Chief Justice of India. This followed the enactment of the Supreme Court (Number of Judges) Amendment Act, 2008. Originally, the strength of the Supreme Court was fixed at eight (one chief justice and seven other judges). The Parliament has increased this number of other judges progressively to ten in 1956, to thirteen in 1960, to seventeen in 1977 and to twenty-five in 1986.

In February 2009, the centre notified an increase in the number of Supreme Court judges from twenty-six to thirty-one, including the Chief Justice of India. This followed the enactment of the Supreme Court (Number of Judges) Amendment Act, 2008. Originally, the strength of the Supreme Court was fixed at eight (one chief justice and seven other judges). The Parliament has increased this number of other judges progressively to ten in 1956, to thirteen in 1960, to seventeen in 1977 and to twenty-five in 1986.

2. Question

1 points

The ‘Innovation for Defence Excellence’ scheme will set up defence innovation hubs throughout the country to provide necessary incubation and infrastructure support to start-ups in the defence sector. In the context of startups, what are ‘incubators’?

1.These are organisations that work by enrolling startups in time-sensitive and very intensive programmes that offer mentorship and office space

They offer access to capital and investment in return for startup equity

Select the correct answer using the code given below:

a) 1 only

b) 2 only

c) Both 1 and 2

d) Neither 1 nor 2

Correct

Solution: d.

Accelerators

Accelerators are organizations that offer a range of support services and funding opportunities for startups. They tend to work by enrolling startups in months-long programs that offer mentorship, office space and supply chain resources.

More importantly, business accelerator programs offer access to capital and investment in return for startup equity.

Startups essentially ‘graduate’ from their accelerator program after three or four months — which means that development projects are time-sensitive and very intensive.

Incubators

An incubator is essentially an organization that provides startups with a shared operation space. Incubators also provide young businesses with networking opportunities, mentoring resources and access to shared equipment.

This concept of a creative haven for startups has been around for a pretty long time, but rose to prominence in the 1980s after a large number of colleges and universities began to launch school-affiliated incubators in order to bolster entrepreneurship and employability. Because of that academic affiliation, a large number of startup incubators are run as nonprofits. They generally won’t ask for equity in a company in return for access to funding or resources in the way that accelerators do. As a result, startups generally receive far less access to capital by joining an incubator than they could expect to receive from an accelerator.

Incubators are also better than accelerators at fostering slow growth, because incubators do not generally put a time stamp on their support programs. Where accelerators sponsor intensive, boot camp style programs that last only a few months, startups can spend years working from within an incubator to establish growth.

Accelerators are organizations that offer a range of support services and funding opportunities for startups. They tend to work by enrolling startups in months-long programs that offer mentorship, office space and supply chain resources.

More importantly, business accelerator programs offer access to capital and investment in return for startup equity.

Startups essentially ‘graduate’ from their accelerator program after three or four months — which means that development projects are time-sensitive and very intensive.

Incubators

An incubator is essentially an organization that provides startups with a shared operation space. Incubators also provide young businesses with networking opportunities, mentoring resources and access to shared equipment.

This concept of a creative haven for startups has been around for a pretty long time, but rose to prominence in the 1980s after a large number of colleges and universities began to launch school-affiliated incubators in order to bolster entrepreneurship and employability. Because of that academic affiliation, a large number of startup incubators are run as nonprofits. They generally won’t ask for equity in a company in return for access to funding or resources in the way that accelerators do. As a result, startups generally receive far less access to capital by joining an incubator than they could expect to receive from an accelerator.

Incubators are also better than accelerators at fostering slow growth, because incubators do not generally put a time stamp on their support programs. Where accelerators sponsor intensive, boot camp style programs that last only a few months, startups can spend years working from within an incubator to establish growth.

3. Question

1 points

‘Formosa Strait’ separates

a) Cuba from USA

b) Spain from Morocco

c) China from Taiwan

d) Australia from New Zealand

Correct

Solution: c.

Taiwan Strait, also called Formosa Strait, lies between the coast of China’s Fukien province and the island of Taiwan (Formosa). The strait extends from southwest to northeast between the South and East China seas.

Taiwan Strait, also called Formosa Strait, lies between the coast of China’s Fukien province and the island of Taiwan (Formosa). The strait extends from southwest to northeast between the South and East China seas.

4. Question

1 points

The National Sports University Bill establishes a National Sports University located in

a) Goa

b) Chhattisgarh

c) Manipur

d) Kerala

Correct

Solution: c.

The Bill establishes a National Sports University located in Manipur. It will promote sports education in the areas of: (i) sports sciences, (ii) sports technology, (iii) sports management, and (iv) sports coaching. It will function as a national training centre for select sports disciplines. It may also establish campuses and study centres in other parts of the country.

The Bill establishes a National Sports University located in Manipur. It will promote sports education in the areas of: (i) sports sciences, (ii) sports technology, (iii) sports management, and (iv) sports coaching. It will function as a national training centre for select sports disciplines. It may also establish campuses and study centres in other parts of the country.

5. Question

Recently in the news, what is unique about the ‘Sabre Engine’ being developed by the company ‘Reaction Engines Limited’?

a) It is a jet engine that consumes only half the fuel that traditional aircraft engines utilise to generate the same thrust

b) It is a part jet engine, part rocket engine that will enable hypersonic travel around the earth

c) This engine will power NASA’s Quiet Supersonic Technology-based X-planes that will enable supersonic travel around the earth

d) None of the above

Correct

Solution: b.

Reaction Engines Limited (REL), the UK company developing a revolutionary aerospace engine, recently announced investments from both Boeing and Rolls-Royce.

REL is working on a propulsion system that is part jet engine, part rocket engine. The company believes it will transform the space launch market and usher in hypersonic travel around the Earth.

‘Hypersonic’ refers to speeds of more than five times the speed of sound (Mach 5).

REL is developing what it calls the Sabre engine. This power plant is designed to push a vehicle from a standing start all the way to orbit in a single step.

It would work like a conventional jet engine up to about Mach 5.5 before then transitioning to a rocket mode for the rest of the ascent.

Key technologies include a compact pre-cooler heat-exchanger that can take an incoming airstream at a temperature of over 1,000C and cool it to -150C in less than 1/100th of a second. This would permit Sabre to use oxygen direct from the atmosphere for combustion instead of carrying it in a tank with the weight penalty that implies.

Reaction Engines Limited (REL), the UK company developing a revolutionary aerospace engine, recently announced investments from both Boeing and Rolls-Royce.

REL is working on a propulsion system that is part jet engine, part rocket engine. The company believes it will transform the space launch market and usher in hypersonic travel around the Earth.

‘Hypersonic’ refers to speeds of more than five times the speed of sound (Mach 5).

REL is developing what it calls the Sabre engine. This power plant is designed to push a vehicle from a standing start all the way to orbit in a single step.

It would work like a conventional jet engine up to about Mach 5.5 before then transitioning to a rocket mode for the rest of the ascent.

Key technologies include a compact pre-cooler heat-exchanger that can take an incoming airstream at a temperature of over 1,000C and cool it to -150C in less than 1/100th of a second. This would permit Sabre to use oxygen direct from the atmosphere for combustion instead of carrying it in a tank with the weight penalty that implies.